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diff --git a/fortune/Notes b/fortune/Notes deleted file mode 100644 index 717682f0..00000000 --- a/fortune/Notes +++ /dev/null @@ -1,178 +0,0 @@ -# $NetBSD: Notes,v 1.2 1995/03/23 08:28:26 cgd Exp $ -# @(#)Notes 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 - -Warning: - The fortunes contained in the fortune database have been collected - haphazardly from a cacophony of sources, in number so huge it - boggles the mind. It is impossible to do any meaningful quality - control on attributions, or lack thereof, or exactness of the quote. - Since this database is not used for profit, and since entire works - are not published, it falls under fair use, as we understand it. - However, if any half-assed idiot decides to make a profit off of - this, they will need to double check it all, and nobody not involved - of such an effort makes any warranty that anything in the database - bears any relation to the real world of literature, law, or other - bizzarrity. - -==> GENERAL INFORMATION - By default, fortune retrieves its fortune files from the directory -/usr/share/games/fortune. A fortune file has two parts: the source file -(which contains the fortunes themselves) and the data file which describes -the fortunes. The data fil always has the same name as the fortune file -with the string ".dat" concatenated, i.e. "fort" is the standard fortune -database, and "fort.dat" is the data file which describes it. See -strfile(8) for more information on creating the data files. - Fortunes are split into potentially offensive and not potentially -offensive parts. The offensive version of a file has the same name as the -non-offensive version with "-o" concatenated, i.e. "fort" is the standard -fortune database, and "fort-o" is the standard offensive database. The -fortune program automatically assumes that any file with a name ending in -"-o" is potentially offensive, and should therefore only be displayed if -explicitly requested, either with the -o option or by specifying a file name -on the command line. - Potentially offensive fortune files should NEVER be maintained in -clear text on the system. They are rotated (see caesar(6)) 13 positions. -To create a new, potentially offensive database, use caesar to rotate it, -and then create its data file with the -x option to strfile(8). The fortune -program automatically decrypts the text when it prints entries from such -databases. - Anything which would not make it onto network prime time programming -(or which would only be broadcast if some discredited kind of guy said it) -MUST be in the potentially offensive database. Fortunes containing any -explicit language (see George Carlin's recent updated list) MUST be in the -potentially offensive database. Political and religious opinions are often -sequestered in the potentially offensive section as well. Anything which -assumes as a world view blatantly racist, mysogynist (sexist), or homophobic -ideas should not be in either, since they are not really funny unless *you* -are racist, mysogynist, or homophobic. - The point of this is that people have should have a reasonable -expectation that, should they just run "fortune", they will not be offended. -We know that some people take offense at anything, but normal people do have -opinions, too, and have a right not to have their sensibilities offended by -a program which is supposed to be entertaining. People who run "fortune --o" or "fortune -a" are saying, in effect, that they are willing to have -their sensibilities tweaked. However, they should not have their personal -worth seriously (i.e., not in jest) assaulted. Jokes which depend for their -humor on racist, mysogynist, or homophobic stereotypes *do* seriously -assault individual personal worth, and in an general entertainment medium -we should be able to get by without it. - -==> FORMATTING - This file describes the format for fortunes in the database. This -is done in detail to make it easier to keep track of things. Any rule given -here may be broken to make a better joke. - -[All examples are indented by one tab stop -- KCRCA] - -Numbers should be given in parentheses, e.g., - - (1) Everything depends. - (2) Nothing is always. - (3) Everything is sometimes. - -Attributions are two tab stops, followed by two hyphens, followed by a -space, followed by the attribution, and are *not* preceded by blank -lines. Book, journal, movie, and all other titles are in quotes, e.g., - - $100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at - which time it will be worth absolutely nothing. - -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love" - -Attributions which do not fit on one (72 char) line should be continued -on a line which lines up below the first text of the attribution, e.g., - - -- A very long attribution which might not fit on one - line, "Ken Arnold's Stupid Sayings" - -Single paragraph fortunes are in left justified (non-indented) paragraphs -unless they fall into another category listed below (see example above). -Longer fortunes should also be in left justified paragraphs, but if this -makes it too long, try indented paragraphs, with indentations of either one -tab stop or 5 chars. Indentations of less than 5 are too hard to read. - -Laws have the title left justified and capitalized, followed by a colon, -with all the text of the law itself indented one tab stop, initially -capitalized, e.g., - - A Law of Computer Programming: - Make it possible for programmers to write in English and - you will find the programmers cannot write in English. - -Limericks are indented as follows, all lines capitalized: - - A computer, to print out a fact, - Will divide, multiply, and subtract. - But this output can be - No more than debris, - If the input was short of exact. - -Accents precede the letter they are over, e.g., "`^He" for e with a grave -accent. Underlining is done on a word-by-word basis, with the underlines -preceding the word, e.g., "__^H^Hhi ____^H^H^H^Hthere". - -No fortune should run beyond 72 characters on a single line without good -justification (er, no pun intended). And no right margin justification, -either. Sorry. For BSD people, there is a program called "fmt" which can -make this kind of formatting easier. - -Definitions are given with the word or phrase left justified, followed by -the part of speech (if appropriate) and a colon. The definition starts -indented by one tab stop, with subsequent lines left justified, e.g., - - Afternoon, n.: - That part of the day we spend worrying about how we wasted - the morning. - -Quotes are sometimes put around statements which are funnier or make more -sense if they are understood as being spoken, rather than written, -communication, e.g., - - "All my friends and I are crazy. That's the only thing that - keeps us sane." - -Ellipses are always surrounded by spaces, except when next to punctuation, -and are three dots long. - - "... all the modern inconveniences ..." - -- Mark Twain - -Human initials always have spaces after the periods, e.g, "P. T. Barnum", -not "P.T. Barnum". However, "P.T.A.", not "P. T. A.". - -All fortunes should be attributed, but if and only if they are original with -somebody. Many people have said things that are folk sayings (i.e., are -common among the folk (i.e., us common slobs)). There is nothing wrong with -this, of course, but such statements should not be attributed to individuals -who did not invent them. - -Horoscopes should have the sign indented by one tab stop, followed by the -dates of the sign, with the text left justified below it, e.g., - - AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18) - You have an inventive mind and are inclined to be progressive. You - lie a great deal. On the other hand, you are inclined to be - careless and impractical, causing you to make the same mistakes over - and over again. People think you are stupid. - -Single quotes should not be used except as quotes within quotes. Not even -single quotes masquerading as double quotes are to be used, e.g., don't say -``hi there'' or `hi there' or 'hi there', but "hi there". However, you -*can* say "I said, `hi there'". - -A long poem or song can be ordered as follows in order to make it fit on a -screen (fortunes should be 19 lines or less if at all possible) (numbers -here are stanza numbers): - - 11111111111111111111 - 11111111111111111111 - 11111111111111111111 22222222222222222222 - 11111111111111111111 22222222222222222222 - 22222222222222222222 - 33333333333333333333 22222222222222222222 - 33333333333333333333 - 33333333333333333333 44444444444444444444 - 33333333333333333333 44444444444444444444 - 44444444444444444444 - 44444444444444444444 - - |